RUBY
For the past few minutes, my annoying alarm clock had been ringing, urging me to get ready for school, but I didn’t move from my bed.
Instead, I groaned, curling deeper under my blanket as last night’s events replayed in my mind.
Suddenly, my body shuddered with fear, gripped by familiar trauma as Sebastian's voice asking about my wolf rang in my ears.
No. No. No. I couldn’t let myself think about the past. I threw off the blanket, sitting upright in bed, gasping for air.
Just then, my phone buzzed beside the alarm clock on my nightstand. s**t! I’d forgotten to turn it off after using it in the mid-night during the power outage.
Groaning, I reached for it. The screen lit up with a notification.
"You've just received $150,000 from Sebastian Kings."
I gasped, my hand almost co
